Cost Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes
Cost Optimization
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Cost Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 64 | 40 | 33 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -24 | -7 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cost Optimisation | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes | 0.67% | 0.38% | 3.70% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.82% | 0.41% | 4.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £422 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £445 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £650 | £494 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +31.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £545 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £571 |
| Buckinghamshire median daily rate | £575 | £650 | £494 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +31.65% | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes
Cost Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Milton Keynes.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 487 | 241 | 255 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes | 81.17% | 91.29% | 85.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 345 | 165 | 184 |
| 10th Percentile | £341 | £239 | £240 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £350 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £438 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.14% | -5.41% | -10.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | £538 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £635 | £626 |
| Buckinghamshire median daily rate | £525 | £438 | £465 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -5.81% | -10.97% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 14 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.89 | £14.71 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.05 | £15.81 | £17.83 |
| Median hourly rate | £38.72 | £23.81 | £26.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +62.65% | -9.31% | +38.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.25 | £29.61 | £36.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | - | £37.12 |
| Buckinghamshire median hourly rate | £15.05 | £18.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.39% | -40.00% | +57.89% |
Cost Optimisation Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cost Optimisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.
Cost Optimisation Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Cost Optimisation.
Cost Optimisation Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analytics | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Cloud Operations | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Cloud Security | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Continuous Improvement | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Decision-Making | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | DevOps | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | FinOps | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 50.0% | 2 |
| 10 | Actionable Insight | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Agile | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | AI | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Anomaly Detection | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Benchmarking | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Business Analysis | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Business Intelligence | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Business Strategy | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Containerisation | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Continuous Delivery | 25.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Continuous Integration | 25.0% | 1 |